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Budget Process

We receive many questions about the timing of the budget process. The timeline below is intended as a guide to help explain the process from budget formulation to execution.

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Updates

White House Releases FY 2019 President's Budget Request

In February 2018, the White House released the FY19 President’s Budget. A full-year 2018 appropriation was not enacted at the time the FY 2019 Budget was prepared; therefore, the Budget is built off of the Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-123). The amounts included for 2018 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution. All other comparisons and discussions of the budget request and policy will use the Annualized CR as the base.

In FY 2019, NOAA requests a total of $2,937.8 million for ORF and $1,623.0 million for PAC. The FY 2019 Budget requests $321.7 million to support OAR’s continued and sustained operations. For details on the OAR request, see the NOAA Blue Book and Congressional Submission on the NOAA Budget Office page.

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018

On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub.L. 115–141) for FY2018 was signed into law by President Trump. This provides a total of $5.77B for NOAA. This includes $3.54B for NOAA Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF) and $2.29B in Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (PAC).

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SANDY SUPPLEMENTAL

Read about OAR's $74.7 million investment across four areas, approximately half of which will support extramural investigators.

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The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) - or "NOAA Research" - provides the research foundation for understanding the complex systems that support our planet. Working in partnership with other organizational units of the NOAA, a bureau of the Department of Commerce, NOAA Research enables better forecasts, earlier warnings for natural disasters, and a greater understanding of the Earth. Our role is to provide unbiased science to better manage the environment, nationally, and globally.